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Principles of Soil Science
Colin Robins, Claremont McKenna College
Soils are complex features that reflect both past and present environmental conditions. This course is an intensive survey of the properties, genesis, and spatial distribution of soils, emphasizing key applications ...
Environmental Geochemistry
Carey Gazis, Central Washington University
This environmental geochemistry course examines two perspectives on geochemistry: a scientific discipline with its own basic unanswered questions and a set of tools for answering questions in other geologic ...
Hydrology and Water Resources
Kaye Savage, Wofford College
This course is divided into three parts -- surface water, ground water, and regional studies. We meet jointly for the regional studies part with an economics class (Water: Law, Economics and Policy) and ...
Geology and Ecology of Soils
Nick Bader, Whitman College
Soils provide nutrients, water and support for growing plants, host an amazing variety of organisms, and even influence global climate. This class will focus on the dynamic systems in soil and on the interactions ...
Hydrogeology
Jodi Ryder, Central Michigan University
This course is an introduction to the study of groundwater: groundwater flow, well hydraulics, groundwater quality and pollution, and resource exploration, evaluation, and management. The course format is 2x50 ...
Hydrogeology
Tara Kulkarni, Norwich University
A course that covers the basic principles of groundwater flow, including its development and protection as a natural resource, and the assessment and remediation of groundwater contamination.
ES326 Soil Genesis, Classification and Morphology
Katherine McCarville, Upper Iowa University
The course is a field-oriented exploration of soils, including classification based on the USDA Soil Taxonomy system.
Geohydrology
Kenneth Carroll, New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Origin, occurrence, and movement of fluids in porous media and assessment of aquifer characteristics. This course aims to develop a thorough understanding of groundwater hydrogeology through the lecture and ...
Groundwater
Marek Matyjasik, Weber State University
Principles of groundwater flow.
GEOS 431 Soils
Cynthia Fadem, Earlham College
This course introduces students to the skin of the Earth, examining soil as both a geological material and a natural resource. We explore the awesome complexity of soils from molecular- to landscape-scale and ...